The Gaping Pig. Literature And Metamorphosis
by Massey, Irving
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520028872
- ISBN 13
- 9780520028876
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Berkeley: University Of California Press, 1976. Irving Massey.... Professor of English, State University of New York at Buffalo. In 'The Gaping Pig', Irving Massey takes examples from Homer, Ovid, Chamisso, Mary Shelly, Lewis Carol, Kafka and others to develope an approach (his third) to metamorphosis. Ten chapters are offered, notes and index. Burgundy cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. Dust jacket illustration: Detail from 'The Prodigal Son' copperplate engraving by Albrecht Durur. A lovely, bright copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B230
- Title
- The Gaping Pig. Literature And Metamorphosis
- Author
- Massey, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520028872
- ISBN 13
- 9780520028876
- Publisher
- University Of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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